{"id":215,"date":"2014-08-02T15:43:33","date_gmt":"2014-08-02T22:43:33","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.caledonoxbridge.org\/gazette\/?p=215"},"modified":"2014-08-02T16:26:34","modified_gmt":"2014-08-02T23:26:34","slug":"page-3-girls","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.caledonoxbridge.org\/guardian\/2014\/08\/02\/page-3-girls\/","title":{"rendered":"Page 3 Girls"},"content":{"rendered":"
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A Private View at the Royal Academy, 1881 by William Powell Frith – Various Victorian women and hem lengths<\/p><\/div>\n

During the nineteenth century, in Victorian England, the hemlines of ladies’ dresses\u00a0reached the ground as a rule, covering the ankles. A lady was only permitted in specific circumstances to show her ankle – when walking up the stairs or crossing a puddle. As such the glimpse of a naked ankle was enough to drive the gentlemen into a frenzy.<\/p>\n

As a special thank you to our class sponsor Caledon Vicerine\u00a0Kamilah Hauptmann, we have been inspired by her suggestion to prepare the following gallery of Steampunk ladies and ankles, a cheeky nod to\u00a0the Page 3 Girl tradition in British tabloid newspapers.<\/p>\n

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Kamilah Hauptman’s store, Posture is Everything<\/p><\/div>\n

Because this is a Page 3 Girl special with a Steampunk twist\u00a0– we have juxtaposed the page 3 girls with two\u00a0poetry snippets. The first, Jean Ingelow, was a popular nineteenth century poet born in Boston, England. She was a friend and contemporary of Alfred Tennyson. \u00a0The second poet, David J. Murray, was born 1937 and raised in Manchester, England. He is emeritus professor of psychology at Queen’s University, Ontario.<\/p>\n

Note also that in a Steampunk power reversal, our Page 3 Girls are\u00a0not merely exploited cheesecake\u00a0models\u00a0of a powerful tabloid publication – but in fact are accomplished members of the Caledon Oxbridge Photo Salon who take photography and posing into their own hands!<\/p>\n

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Model and Photographer: Renee Caxton<\/p><\/div>\n

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There, as she passed it on her way,
\nI saw reflected yesterday<\/p>\n

A maiden with a milking-pail.<\/p>\n

There, neither slowly nor in haste,
\nOne hand upon her slender waist,<\/p>\n

The other lifted to her pail,
\nShe. rosy in the morning light,
\nAmong the water-daisies white,<\/p>\n

Like some fair sloop, appeared to sail.<\/p>\n

Against her ankles as she trod
\nThe lucky buttercups did nod.<\/p>\n

I leaned upon the gate to see :
\nThe sweet thing looked but did not speak ;
\nA dimple came in either cheek,<\/p>\n

And all my heart was gone from me.<\/p>\n

Excerpt from <\/em>Reflections: Looking over a Gate at a Pool in a Field by Jean Ingelow (published 1864 by Roberts Brothers, Boston)<\/em><\/p>\n

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Model and Photographer: Cindy Resident<\/p><\/div>\n

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As the side of your face
\nLaid its lovely curve
\nAgainst the air that slid
\n\u00c0\u00a0<\/span>C\u00f4t\u00e9<\/span>\u00a0of it<\/p>\n

I conjectured with a halting,
\nA sort of mind-murmur,
\nA kind of solid heart-stop,
\nThat your beauty<\/p>\n

Was something I invented.
\nAnd then I knew I lied
\nFor out of my eye’s corner
\nI saw your ankle.<\/p>\n

What, an ankle? What is this,
\nA Victorian joke? No,
\nYour ankle laid its lovely curve
\nAgainst the air that slid
\nAt its side in perfection<\/p>\n

Excerpt from <\/em>‘I do not like you, but I…’ by David J. Murray, <\/em>Confusion Matrix and Other Poems (published 2007 by iUniverse)<\/em><\/p>\n

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During the nineteenth century, in Victorian England, the hemlines of ladies’ dresses\u00a0reached the ground as a rule, covering the ankles. A lady was only permitted in specific circumstances to show her ankle – when walking up the stairs or crossing…<\/p>\n

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